Hardware USB Ethernet and 2.0

[boondoklife]

I have an old USB ethernet adapter, a 10mbps model, that I use with my Wii. I am wondering since USB2.0 is possible with HDDs, is it possible to use a faster ethernet adapter and get better speeds with applications like WiiMC and Network transfers.

Can anyone test this or care to comment about its possibility?

 

[Donkey Plonk]

I have an old USB ethernet adapter, a 10mbps model, that I use with my Wii. I am wondering since USB2.0 is possible with HDDs, is it possible to use a faster ethernet adapter and get better speeds with applications like WiiMC and Network transfers.

Can anyone test this or care to comment about its possibility?

I would hazard a guess at no.
Nobody will be streamlining any code for LAN as hardly anybody uses it. Plus, ethernet has been 10/100 for DONKEYS YEARS, only recently gone gigabit, so the wii will most likely already be 10/100 for wired. Thats good for anything you'll need really. If your using wifi currently and its too slow, you could get a wii lan adapter, that should make it quicker since its wired. I'd imagine that a usb ethernet adapter will not work since no drivers will be available on the wii to handle it.

 

[boondoklife]

Actually, the adapter works fine. I found another one in my tool box and it is a 10/100 adapter, but the odd thing is I don't get any better speed through it than wifi!?!

That just does not make sense to me. It is plugged into a 10/100 switch, which in turn is hooked into a gigabit router. I would think if anything the wii could get better speed with that adapter but it seems to top out at 4mbps regardless to what connection type I make, this includes LAN transfers.

 

[zizer]

it all depends on the standard router
Example IEEE 802.11g - max 54mb \ s

 

[tueidj]

The wii always uses USB1.1 mode for the ethernet adapter. Suck it up.

 

[boondoklife]

The wii always uses USB1.1 mode for the ethernet adapter. Suck it up.

Yea, that is the conclusion I came to as well. O well.